President Jacob Zuma is ready to hand the baton to the next incoming ANC president. Zuma said he was ready to leave his post as the head of the party happily, he remarked during an Oliver Tambo lecture at Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, on Sunday. Speaking to ANC supporters, Zuma said he will have time..
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Zuma is ready to step down: “I am not leaving the ANC. I am leaving as president”
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Five #BlackMonday activists who took part in the protest against farm murders have appeared in courts
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Five people who took part in the #BlackMonday protests against farm murders this week have appeared in courts around the country, or have received summons to appear, on charges that they contravened the Regulation of Gatherings Act and the National Road Traffic Act. Some protesters who took part in the action around the country –..
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Parastatal waste equals tax shortfall: Treasury will need to find new resources to close the budget gap
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The R50‑billion shortfall in tax revenue that the treasury will need to find elsewhere to plug the budget gap is close to how much state-owned entities (SOEs) have thrown down the drain in the past financial year. The auditor general, Kimi Makwetu, released national and provincial audit results on Wednesday. Although the number of clean..
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#FeesMustFall protest – Naked woman arrested at UCT
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The stomach-churning stench of human faeces‚ piles of rubbish‚ ripped curtains and a commotion on campus as the woman was being dragged into a police van greeted students on Thursday. Parts of the campus were sealed off by police in riot gear and private security and at least three people were arrested. Police spokesperson Captain..
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Poverty in SA a ‘direct baby’ of apartheid – Zuma
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Poverty is a direct baby of apartheid and not the making of the ANC-led government, said President Jacob Zuma in Parliament on Thursday. Zuma was responding to questions when he was confronted by statistics about the gradual increase in poverty levels in the country. In August this year, Statistics South Africa released the Poverty Trends..
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When do opinions become racism?
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The coffin case provoked various opinions. Two of the most important opinions were those of the DA and the country’s deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa. The white enemy political party, the DA, asked for the worst possible punishment. The party’s anti-white feeling often bubbles out. To name but a few examples: the party’s leader during the..
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Oppenheimers win battle against Gigaba on private terminal at OR Tambo
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The Oppenheimers have won their court battle to operate a private international terminal at OR Tambo International Airport after accusing Minister Malusi Gigaba of reversing his approval. In a judgment passed on Friday‚ the High Court in Pretoria declared that Gigaba had on January 28 last year granted Fireblade’s application. Gigaba was Minister of Home..
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Coffin case accused sentenced harshly in High Court – coffin sage was actually a political propaganda
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Willem Jackson, 30, has been sentenced for 11 years and Theo Oosthuizen, 29, has sentenced for 14 years in the High Court in Middelburg on Friday morning. The two former farm foreman’s were convicted of five charges in August in the so-called coffin case. This followed after the assault on Delton Sithole and Victor Mlotshwa..
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‘Pay back the money! She is a thief!’ ANC chants at De Lille during council meeting
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Patricia De Lille on Thursday said she has not stolen a single cent, insisting she had enough money to even consider lending money to the City of Cape Town – at a low interest rate – to deal with its water crisis. “I don’t need money from anyone,” she said ahead of her address during..
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KELLOGG’S CHANGES CEREAL BOX AFTER BEING CALLED RACIST
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Kellogg’s has been slammed for having just one brown corn pop on its Corn Pop cereal box. Cereal maker Kellogg’s has been served up spoonfuls of shame as it was called out for being racist. The new box of Kellogg’s Corn Pops featured a group of light coloured corn pops hanging out in a mall,..
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Malema: I’m Under Attack By Kleptocratic State – Such big words for such a small minded guy
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Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has tweeted that he’s under attack from what he calls a kleptocratic state. He says someone is trying to hack into his email account and he can’t retrieve any emails at the moment. Malema’s tweet is accompanied by a screen grab, with a warning from Google that ‘government-backed hackers’..
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The only thing falling faster than the Rand is the Presidents eyelids: Zuma caught napping during Gigaba’s mini budget speech
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A screenshot of Jacob Zuma taking a nap during Malusi Gigaba’s mini-budget speech has gone viral. Gigaba delivered his “maiden” budget speech on Wednesday – and the forecast was pretty grim. But if you’re hoping that President Jacob Zuma was going to zoom in to try and boost the confidence of consumers and investors, you’re..
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School governing bodies outraged over plan to strip them of powers
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The Basic Education Department is ready to squash nearly all powers of school governing bodies if it can push through proposed amendments to the South African Schools Act. The changes will affect schools’ language policy, teacher appointments and pupil admissions. The public has until November 10 to comment on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill,..
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Mbalula’s solutions to crime: tactical units‚ increase booze tax -Seriously?
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Police Minister Fikile Mbalula believes that more specialised units‚ such as the relaunched Tactical Response Team‚ are required to deal with crime in South Africa. Mbalula was speaking at a stakeholder discussion in Cape Town on Wednesday to unpack the newly released annual crime statistics report. “The statistics tell me that we need to build..
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Political interference and incompetence in police is the cause of poor leadership – ISS
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There is large-scale inappropriate political interference in the police, which leads to a poor selection of leaders, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said on Tuesday. Head of the governance, crime and justice division at the ISS, Gareth Newham, told News24 that leaders in the police were being appointed despite their inability to do the..
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